JM - agree with oxeye except for possibly one point (being an avid paperwork avoider myself) - make a list of some of what needs to be done, do one or two things; then continue making the list for a bit more, do another couple of things and so on (Depending on how long your list is likely to be!)
I say this because I sometimes found that even just the list was a bit overwhelming! So if there is any risk of the list being that, start small and work your way up.
Another option (depending on your mindset, didn't work well for me) is to have your list, do an hour on each activity and then move onto the next one. My best friend revised like this, she had a timetable that broke the day into 1 hour chunks and stuck to it - I was very impressed but completely incapable of doing the same! I need a while to get into something, so stopping after an hour didn't work too well for me.
I also vote for getting a Little Man in to fix your leaks before your DH goes away if you can. :)
UniS - if it's not too late, my vote goes for the dark chocolate on the ginger cake as well. Good combination.
CMOTD - fantastic news re. your DH going back to work - hurrah! Hope he stays on top of things. :)
Laurenamium - I forgot to say that I have a DS, miniThumb, who is 3.10 :) Our tearoom has quite a few boys in, so it's always nice to add to the female child contingent!
Oh! And it's been so long since we saw her in here I forgot - we have a France-dwelling denizen as well, Teafortwo - but she hasn't been here for aaaages (wonder why? [hconfused])
Another dull day here - but not raining, yay!